we got our heads handed to us. similarly, owning tech -- when tech is often to be considered heavily dependent upon europe. hey, come on, as much as 20%, 25% of earnings from tech are derived from the continent. typically it's been deadly. we know this because the business don't dodge in on the conference calls. that's how you learn about it, people. the analysts won't let them get away with. listen to the q&a. at the end of the call if you are in a company with european exposure, you'll hear one out of every two or three questions about europe. asia, one out of every two questions about china. just too hard a steeplechase to go through. you want preventive earnings season medicine, go through the previous calls of the companies. if the questions are, say, but europe, you know you're probably going to be in for a bruising next time. that's what the analysts are focusing on. that's what they're forcing the companies to talk about. as correlated with europe as many tech and bank stocks are, it's china that controls s